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QVPEGIFIGATIQH forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,523, dated November l7, 1896. Application filed September 3,1B96. Serial No. 604.813. 'illo modeL'v To all whom. it may ammo/w.

Be it known that l, H'uimin'rr H. Hnw rr'r, a

1 citizen of the l 'nllltl Stu-10s, and a resident of the oily of Illnfiiulo, in iho eounty of ilh'iean'd reference beinghm} {lo the oeomnpmiying droning-5,; jlforming'n part of this specification. in nu-upphcalion for Letters a'teiitfilod and olaimom'l on improved method-oi nimiufaetnri'ng' fl efinetallie side frmnes for n: tracks from flan-god plate girders or boamsby the axle-boxes, springs, &c. and in such npplieution" l have also di-soribd and claimed one form of side i lrmnea made in noun-dance withsueh improved method. The side frame eomprising the subject-matter of my presentiuvenlion is also formed by rolling a flanged plate girder or beam and thereafter bending the liangmlendsof thebemn; bui iu the present been. that eom= prises the sidofrzuno has'its flanged ends pro- ,ioeting beyond the body-of the web at tlietop of the girder or beam onl y, and these ilzmged ends of the girder orbemu are extended. outn'mrdly nnd bent dowrumrdly, so ans-to form spares open at their bottoms, wherein the axle-boxes, springs, 81.0., will be retained.

This i mention consists in. the metallic side frame for enr-triiokshereinafter described, illuslrnled' in the accompanying ill-airings, and defined in the claims ntthe end of the speeiliention.

lifigruro J is a view in side elevation oi a plate girder or beam from whieh myi mprored side frmne will be formed..- similar to Fig. 1 1ml: showing the end portions of; thewob our away.

.laigr. 3 in a view in side elevation of the side frau rendy to receive thenxle-boxes, springs, do. Fig. l is a view in vertical cross-section on line -l 4 of 'lrig.

A designates the web of the pinto girder or beam, the top and botom of whieh are shown as provided with laternlliongos u, and with rertielo reinforce-ribs 11', located outside of hieherowith Ih'ave set forth bending the flanged-ends of-fl-he;

lgigi 2 is a View said lateral flanges, said flanges and ribs; be" ing a m idorubly thinker l-hunlhe web oi: the beam. .il'ier the Plate girder or beam he's been rolled preferably to the shape shown in Fig. l. the end portions oiihe web A, below the flanged upper edge, willbe completely out; mm as soon in Fig. 2. b After the plate girder orlwnm has been brought to the shape shown in Fig. 2 the projecting flanged ends will be bent (hm'nwm'dly at substantially rightlnngles lo the length of the beam, as shown in Fig. 3, therebyforming the open bottom spaces toreveivo ihe pedestal-jaws the nxle'boxes, coil-springs, d'e. Preferably the pedestabjaws U will be flu-med with the flanges c at their upper ends, whereby they will be bolted to the lateral flanges a above the Web A, and the pedestal-jaws (3 are formed also with flanges o, tlmtemln'ar-o the oxide of the web A and are bolted or riveted thereto. Clhrough the lower ends of the pedestal-jaws G and through the lower down weirdly bent ends of'tlie flanges u pass the pedestal-bolts D in the usual manner. ,v

From the foregoingdescription it will be soon that by my present invention I have pro- (blood a side frame for ear-trucks that can be is subj ected, and by on filing away the webmul i lower ilmiges of the girder or beam adjacent- .itr-s ends and byoxteuding outward 'mnl bending downward the upper flanges and ribs, as shown, the necessary spaces for the reception of ihe nxle-bo1ies can. be cheaply and readily iomuod, these their bottoms f or the removal of the axleboxes, &('., when. required. The flanges a and rib a at the upper edge of the beam eonsiitute the thrust member and can be made of any requirel'l thickness necessary to resist lhoistrnins to which the side frmno will be si -\hjeeied, and by eutting away the ends of the beam heeoaih this thrust member-such member is brought more elosel y tothe point 02 thrush l spaces being open at.

I do not wish to be understood as claiming in this application the method of forming the side frame, as such method is clearly defined in the application filed by me of even date herewith, Serial No. 604,812. Nor doI wish to be understood as claiming in the present case any subject-matter set forth in said companion application. V

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let tersPatent, is-- p 1. A side. frame for car-trucks formed from a single rolled-plate girder or beam having a thin web or body and having an under flanged edge, the upper portion of the plate girder or beam being cut away below said flanged edge and completely through the bottom, said flanged upper edge being bent down to form the outer pedestals, the space between the pedesta-Ljaws being open'at the bottom for the withdrawal of the journal-boxes, substant-ially as described,

A side framefor car-trucks formed from a single rolled-plate girder or beam having a 'thin web or body and having at its top and It is hefebgzmm-tifiad that in Letters Patent No. 571,523, granted November 17,- 1896, upon the application of Herbert H. Hewitt, of Buffalo, New York, for an improvement in Side Frames for Oat-Trucks," errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: In line 14, page 2, the word under" should read upper, and in line 15, same page, the word upper Should read under; and that the said Letters Patent should be read witfzethese corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the casein the Patent Oflicet Signed, eountereigned, and sealed this 22d day of December, A. 1)., 1896.

[SEAL] v JNO. M. REYNOLDS,

Assistant Secretary of "the Interior.

Countersigned V JOHN S. SEYMOUR,

Commissioner of Patents. 

